Doctor of Public Health. Adjunct Professor at the State University of Ceará. Editorial Advisor of Reports in Public Health, School of Public Health of Ceará - PHC; Ad Hoc Advisor: Journal of Nursing at USP.

Nurse. PhD in Nursing from the Federal University of Ceará. Currently she is a scholar of Research Productivity 2 of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development and professor at the Federal University of Ceará